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John Hepworth
The Right Reverend; John Hepworth
Church	Traditional Anglican Communion
In office	2003–2012
Predecessor	Louis Falk
Successor	Samuel Prakash
Orders
Ordination	1968
Consecration	1996
Personal details
Born	23 March 1944; Adelaide, South Australia
Died	1 December 2021 (aged 77); Adelaide, South Australia

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John Anthony Hepworth (23 March 1944^[1] – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and the archbishop and primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches, from 2003 to 2012.^[2]

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Hepworth began his seminary studies in 1960 at St Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide. In 1968 he was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Adelaide. In 1972 he moved to Britain. After returning to Australia in 1976 he was received into the Anglican Church of Australia as a priest. From 1976 to 1977 he had permission to officiate in the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat. From 1977 to 1978 he was the assistant priest in the Colac parish and, from 1978 to 1980, was the rector of the South Ballarat parish based in Sebastopol.^[3]

In 1992 Hepworth joined the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (ACCA). On 29 June 1996 he was consecrated as a bishop, together with Robert John Friend, in the Pro-Cathedral of the Resurrection, Brisbane, by bishops Albert N. Haley (then diocesan bishop of the ACCA), Robert C. Crawley (Anglican Catholic Church of Canada), Wellborn Hudson (Anglican Church in America) and John Hazlewood (retired Bishop of Ballarat in the Anglican Church of Australia). Hepworth served as an assistant bishop until April 1998 when Bishop Friend (who had succeeded Haley as diocesan) resigned. From then until November 1999, Hepworth acted as bishop administrator. At the national synod of the ACCA, held from 25 to 29 November 1999, he was elected as the new diocesan bishop. In 2002 he was elected as primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) in succession to Louis Falk.

Hepworth was involved in a process to create an Australian ordinariate for former Anglicans in the Roman Catholic Church. His personal history complicated the situation. He was not raised Anglican, but had left the Roman Catholic Church and then married twice and had three children. On 1 March 2012, the TAC bishops voted against union with the Roman Catholic Church. They also voted to accept Hepworth's already announced resignation as TAC primate with immediate effect.^[4] On 16 May 2012, the TAC College of Bishops suspended Hepworth, meaning that he ceased to be the TAC Bishop Ordinary of Australia.^[5]

Hepworth had a degree in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide in 1982 with a thesis about Catholic Action entitled "The Movement Revisited: A South Australian Perspective".^[6] For five years he was a lecturer in politics at the Northern Territory University before becoming co-ordinator of international studies at the University of South Australia.^[7] In 1998 he was elected to the Australian Constitutional Convention as a member of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy.^[8] He formerly chaired the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Committee in South Australia.^[9]

Hepworth was formerly heard regularly on Adelaide's 5AA radio station where he acted as a political commentator on the conservative Leon Byner Show. ^[10]

Hepworth said that he was a victim of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s. He has alleged that he was raped on numerous occasions by three priests during his seminary studies^[11] and that the Catholic Church had failed to follow due process.^[12]

Hepworth was active in Liberal Party of Australia politics and was chair of the Boothby Liberal Federal Electorate Council^[13] from which role he resigned in 2021 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.^[14]

Hepworth died on 1 December 2021 in Adelaide. Two days before his death he was reconciled to the Roman Catholic Church and also recognised as a priest in good standing. He died of complications arising from motor neuron disease.^[15]

References

^ "HEPWORTH, John Anthony | Death Notices | Adelaide".
^ "For Immediate Release" (PDF). Johannesburg, South Africa: The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012. The College of Bishops voted unanimously to accept the resignation of John Hepworth as TAC Primate by resolution that states: "it is resolved that he cease to hold the office of Primate immediately". Archbishop John Hepworth vacates the Office he has held since 2003, along with the individual appointments which are the prerogatives of that Office.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (1980–1982): p457.
^ TAC votes out Archbishop Hepworth, rejects union with Catholic Church Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Archbishop John Hepworth Suspended from TAC College of Bishops
^ Malcolm Saunders (2010). "A Note on the Files of 'The Movement' in South Australia". Labour History (99): 179. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.99.1.0179.
^ Peter Gleeson, "The Head of his Church", Gold coast Bulletin, 5 July 2003.
^ Gabrielle Chan, "No stones cast as clerics strike deal", The Australian, 14 February 1998.
^ "Bishop to speak on human rights", Adelaide Advertiser, 7 December 1998.
^ Ed West, "Pope wants personal prelature for ex-Anglicans", The Catholic Herald, 6 February 2009. Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "One man's life, and how the church he loved let him down", by Martin Daly, The Age, 17 September 2011.
^ "St Ann's Secret". Four Corners. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2011. The Adelaide Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has been on the receiving end of damaging headlines in recent weeks over allegations from the former Catholic priest, now breakaway Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth, that it had failed to properly handle his claims that he had been repeatedly assaulted sexually as a Catholic seminarian decades ago. Archbishop Hepworth has, in particular, accused the Catholic Vicar-General in South Australia, Monsignor David Cappo failed to follow due process in the case, a claim Monsignor Cappo has rejected.
^ Tom Richardson, (18 Feb 2020), Open defiance: Liberal members tell Premier – we're backing Duluk, InDaily, Adelaide
^ Tom Richardson, (15 Jul 2021), Faction moves in on Waite as Duluk verdict delayed, InDaily, Adelaide
^ "Fr. John Hepworth, 1944-2021: Former TAC Primate, Ordinariate Visionary, Reunited to Catholic Church", Anglicanorum Coetibus Society website.

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Preceded by Louis Falk	Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion 2003–2012	Succeeded by Samuel Prakash

[1] "HEPWORTH, John Anthony | Death Notices | Adelaide".

[2] "For Immediate Release" (PDF). Johannesburg, South Africa: The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012. The College of Bishops voted unanimously to accept the resignation of John Hepworth as TAC Primate by resolution that states: "it is resolved that he cease to hold the office of Primate immediately". Archbishop John Hepworth vacates the Office he has held since 2003, along with the individual appointments which are the prerogatives of that Office.

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory (1980–1982): p457.

[4] TAC votes out Archbishop Hepworth, rejects union with Catholic Church Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Archbishop John Hepworth Suspended from TAC College of Bishops

[6] Malcolm Saunders (2010). "A Note on the Files of 'The Movement' in South Australia". Labour History (99): 179. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.99.1.0179.

[7] Peter Gleeson, "The Head of his Church", Gold coast Bulletin, 5 July 2003.

[8] Gabrielle Chan, "No stones cast as clerics strike deal", The Australian, 14 February 1998.

[9] "Bishop to speak on human rights", Adelaide Advertiser, 7 December 1998.

[10] Ed West, "Pope wants personal prelature for ex-Anglicans", The Catholic Herald, 6 February 2009. Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[11] "One man's life, and how the church he loved let him down", by Martin Daly, The Age, 17 September 2011.

[12] "St Ann's Secret". Four Corners. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 October 2011. The Adelaide Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has been on the receiving end of damaging headlines in recent weeks over allegations from the former Catholic priest, now breakaway Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth, that it had failed to properly handle his claims that he had been repeatedly assaulted sexually as a Catholic seminarian decades ago. Archbishop Hepworth has, in particular, accused the Catholic Vicar-General in South Australia, Monsignor David Cappo failed to follow due process in the case, a claim Monsignor Cappo has rejected.

[13] Tom Richardson, (18 Feb 2020), Open defiance: Liberal members tell Premier – we're backing Duluk, InDaily, Adelaide

[14] Tom Richardson, (15 Jul 2021), Faction moves in on Waite as Duluk verdict delayed, InDaily, Adelaide

[15] "Fr. John Hepworth, 1944-2021: Former TAC Primate, Ordinariate Visionary, Reunited to Catholic Church", Anglicanorum Coetibus Society website.

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-'''John Anthony Hepworth''' (23 March 1944<ref>https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/hepworth-john-anthony/5856354/</ref> – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the [[Anglican Catholic Church in Australia]] and the archbishop and primate of the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]], an international body of [[continuing Anglican]] churches, from 2003 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title = For Immediate Release |url = http://traditionalanglicancommunion.org/CollegeofBishops0301212.pdf |publisher = The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops |location = Johannesburg, South Africa |date = 1 March 2012 |accessdate = 6 June 2012 |quote = The College of Bishops voted unanimously to accept the resignation of John Hepworth as TAC Primate by resolution that states: "it is resolved that he cease to hold the office of Primate immediately". Archbishop John Hepworth vacates the Office he has held since 2003, along with the individual appointments which are the prerogatives of that Office. |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120412122622/http://traditionalanglicancommunion.org/CollegeofBishops0301212.pdf |archivedate = 12 April 2012}}</ref>
+'''John Anthony Hepworth''' (23 March 1944<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/death-notices/hepworth-john-anthony/5856354/|title=HEPWORTH, John Anthony &#124; Death Notices &#124; Adelaide}}</ref> – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the [[Anglican Catholic Church in Australia]] and the archbishop and primate of the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]], an international body of [[continuing Anglican]] churches, from 2003 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title = For Immediate Release |url = http://traditionalanglicancommunion.org/CollegeofBishops0301212.pdf |publisher = The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops |location = Johannesburg, South Africa |date = 1 March 2012 |accessdate = 6 June 2012 |quote = The College of Bishops voted unanimously to accept the resignation of John Hepworth as TAC Primate by resolution that states: "it is resolved that he cease to hold the office of Primate immediately". Archbishop John Hepworth vacates the Office he has held since 2003, along with the individual appointments which are the prerogatives of that Office. |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120412122622/http://traditionalanglicancommunion.org/CollegeofBishops0301212.pdf |archivedate = 12 April 2012}}</ref>
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 Hepworth was involved in a process to create an Australian [[Personal ordinariate|ordinariate]] for former Anglicans in the Roman Catholic Church. His personal history complicated the situation. He was not raised Anglican, but had left the Roman Catholic Church and then married twice and had three children. On 1 March 2012, the TAC bishops voted against union with the Roman Catholic Church. They also voted to accept Hepworth's already announced resignation as TAC primate with immediate effect.<ref>[http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=30366 TAC votes out Archbishop Hepworth, rejects union with Catholic Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112545/http://cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=30366 |date=6 April 2012 }}</ref> On 16 May 2012, the TAC College of Bishops suspended Hepworth, meaning that he ceased to be the TAC Bishop Ordinary of Australia.<ref>[https://virtueonline.org/archbishop-john-hepworth-suspended-tac-college-bishops Archbishop John Hepworth Suspended from TAC College of Bishops]</ref>
-Hepworth had a degree in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Adelaide]] in 1982 with a thesis about [[Catholic Action]] entitled "The Movement Revisited: A South Australian Perspective". For five years he was a lecturer in politics at the [[Northern Territory University]] before becoming co-ordinator of international studies at the [[University of South Australia]].<ref>Peter Gleeson, "The Head of his Church", ''Gold coast Bulletin'', 5 July 2003.</ref> In 1998 he was elected to the [[Australian Constitutional Convention 1998|Australian Constitutional Convention]] as a member of [[Australians for Constitutional Monarchy]].<ref>Gabrielle Chan, "No stones cast as clerics strike deal", ''The Australian'', 14 February 1998.</ref> He formerly chaired the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Committee in South Australia.<ref>"Bishop to speak on human rights", ''Adelaide Advertiser'', 7 December 1998.</ref>
+Hepworth had a degree in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Adelaide]] in 1982 with a thesis about [[Catholic Action]] entitled "The Movement Revisited: A South Australian Perspective".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malcolm Saunders |date=2010 |title=A Note on the Files of ‘The Movement’ in South Australia |url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/labourhistory.99.1.0179 |journal=Labour History |issue=99 |pages=179 |doi=10.5263/labourhistory.99.1.0179}}</ref> For five years he was a lecturer in politics at the [[Northern Territory University]] before becoming co-ordinator of international studies at the [[University of South Australia]].<ref>Peter Gleeson, "The Head of his Church", ''Gold coast Bulletin'', 5 July 2003.</ref> In 1998 he was elected to the [[Australian Constitutional Convention 1998|Australian Constitutional Convention]] as a member of [[Australians for Constitutional Monarchy]].<ref>Gabrielle Chan, "No stones cast as clerics strike deal", ''The Australian'', 14 February 1998.</ref> He formerly chaired the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Committee in South Australia.<ref>"Bishop to speak on human rights", ''Adelaide Advertiser'', 7 December 1998.</ref>
-Hepworth was formerly heard regularly on Adelaide's [[5AA]] radio station where he acted as a political commentator on the conservative Leon Byner Show.  He has been married twice and has three children.<ref>[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000469.shtml Ed West, "Pope wants personal prelature for ex-Anglicans", ''The Catholic Herald'', 6 February 2009.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606071541/http://catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000469.shtml |date=6 June 2009 }}</ref>
+Hepworth was formerly heard regularly on Adelaide's [[5AA]] radio station where he acted as a political commentator on the conservative Leon Byner Show.  <ref>[http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000469.shtml Ed West, "Pope wants personal prelature for ex-Anglicans", ''The Catholic Herald'', 6 February 2009.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606071541/http://catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000469.shtml |date=6 June 2009 }}</ref>
 Hepworth said that he was a victim of [[Catholic sex abuse cases|sexual abuse]] in the Roman Catholic Church in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s. He has alleged that he was raped on numerous occasions by three priests during his seminary studies<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/national/one-mans-life-and-how-the-church-he-loved-let-him-down-20110916-1ke00.html "One man's life, and how the church he loved let him down"], by Martin Daly, ''The Age'', 17 September 2011.</ref> and that the Catholic Church had failed to follow due process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/09/22/3323669.htm|title=St Ann's Secret|date=3 October 2011|work=[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|quote="The Adelaide Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has been on the receiving end of damaging headlines in recent weeks over allegations from the former Catholic priest, now breakaway Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth, that it had failed to properly handle his claims that he had been repeatedly assaulted sexually as a Catholic seminarian decades ago. Archbishop Hepworth has, in particular, accused the Catholic Vicar-General in South Australia, Monsignor David Cappo failed to follow due process in the case, a claim Monsignor Cappo has rejected."}}</ref>
-Hepworth was active in [[Liberal Party of Australia]] politics and has been chair of the [[Division of Boothby|Boothby]] Liberal Federal Electorate Council<ref>[https://indaily.co/305348 Tom Richardson, (18 Feb 2020), Open defiance: Liberal members tell Premier – we're backing Duluk, ''InDaily'', Adelaide]</ref> from which role he resigned in 2021 after being diagnosed with [[motor neurone disease]].<ref>[https://indaily.co/337315 Tom Richardson, (15 Jul 2021), Faction moves in on Waite as Duluk verdict delayed, ''InDaily'', Adelaide]</ref>
+Hepworth was active in [[Liberal Party of Australia]] politics and was chair of the [[Division of Boothby|Boothby]] Liberal Federal Electorate Council<ref>[https://indaily.co/305348 Tom Richardson, (18 Feb 2020), Open defiance: Liberal members tell Premier – we're backing Duluk, ''InDaily'', Adelaide]</ref> from which role he resigned in 2021 after being diagnosed with [[motor neurone disease]].<ref>[https://indaily.co/337315 Tom Richardson, (15 Jul 2021), Faction moves in on Waite as Duluk verdict delayed, ''InDaily'', Adelaide]</ref>
 Hepworth died on 1 December 2021 in Adelaide. Two days before his death he was reconciled to the Roman Catholic Church and also recognised as a priest in good standing. He died of complications arising from motor neuron disease.<ref>[https://www.acsociety.org/news/fr-john-hepworth-1944-2021-former-tac-primate-ordinariate-visionary-reunited-to-catholic-church "Fr. John Hepworth, 1944-2021: Former TAC Primate, Ordinariate Visionary, Reunited to Catholic Church"], Anglicanorum Coetibus Society website.</ref>
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 * [http://listserv.virtueonline.org/pipermail/virtueonline_listserv.virtueonline.org/2003-July/005391.html 2003 interview with David Virtue]
 * [http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2164 2005 interview with David Virtue]
 * [http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8855 2008 interview with David Virtue]
-* [https://acsociety.org/news/fr-john-hepworth-1944-2021-former-tac-primate-ordinariate-visionary-reunited-to-catholic-church]
+* [https://acsociety.org/news/fr-john-hepworth-1944-2021-former-tac-primate-ordinariate-visionary-reunited-to-catholic-church/ Obituary on the Anglicanorum Coetibus Society website]
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